Child&#39;s cot



Dec; 25, 1923. 1,478,725 P. BARNEY CHILDS COT Filed Jan. '7, 1922 2Sheets-Sheet 1 INVEN'IOR Philip Barn y Dec, 25 1923.

P. BARNEY CHILDS COT Filed Jan. 7, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 v TOR BqrnegPatented Dec. 25, 1923.

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PHILIP BARNEY, or TECUMSEH, ONTARIO, CANADA. 7

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Application filed January '7, 1922. Serial No. 527,743;

7 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that I, PHILIP BARNEY, of the. town of Tecumseh, in theProvince of Ontario, Canada, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Childrens Cots, of which the following is thespecification.

The invention relates to improvements in childrens cots and an object ofthe invention is to provide a cot, the sides and endswof which areseverally constructed from two pieces of wire bent in a particularmanner, such construction providing a cheap, durable, resilient, strongand quickly manufactured cot. I

A further object of the invention is to construct the cot so that it canbe suspended from the ends to swing and such that it can be either usedas a closed cot or as a swinging seat. A still further object is toconstruct a cot which requires no specialmachinery to be employed in itsmanufacture.

With the above more important objects in view the invention consistsessentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinaftermore particularly described and later pointed'out in the appendedclaims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1is a. front View of the cot.

Fig. :2 is an end view.

Fig. 3 is a plan View.

Fig. 4 IS an enlarged detailed vertical sectional view through one endof the cot.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detailed vertical sectional view transverselythrough the cot.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View showing the manner in which the sides areattached to the ends. a

Fig. 7 is a view of the wires forming the end prior to the same beingtwisted to form the vertical stays.

Fig. 8 is a view of the wires forming the back prior to the same beingtwisted to form the vertical stays.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several figures.

The frame 1 of the cot is formed from an angle bar bent into asubstantially rectangular shape, the horizontal flange of the bar beingturned inwardly. The inturned flange of the angle bar is provided withsuitably spaced holes 2 and through these holes I pass cross strands3'of wire interwoven with lengthwise extending strands 4: of wire passedthrough the end openings. The wire strands are pulled taut so as tosupport a child or other person placed in the .cot. The ends 5 and '6 ofthe cot are similarly constructed, each being formed from two lengths ofwire bent in the manner now described, reference being initially had toFigure 7 of the drawings.

One of the pieces of wire 7 is bentto provide what might be called twoopen sided squares, one square'having the bottom open and the other thetop. One of the ends of the wire is bent into aninverted V-shape asindicated at 8 andis looped as indicated at 8 and is tied as by an endeye 9 to the body of the wire. The'other of the wires 10 is bent in thesame manner to provide two open sided squares buttheposition of the wireis reversed and neither of the ends are projected. By placing the bentwires together the open ended squares are closed and the uprightportions of the wires lie in parallel pairs I then grip the ends of theparallel upright portions and twist the intervening parts together byinserting a rod or such like between them and centrally of their heightandturning it. When this work is finished the end is complete and theloops 8 can be used to support the cot such as by a rope, chain or suchlike from the ceiling.

The back 11 of the cot is formed similarly to the ends, two wiresbeingused andleach bent into open sided squares and afterwards appliedon one another to form the parallel vertical stay members. The ends ofthe stay members are gripped and the intervening portions of thevertical parallel wires are twisted in the same manner as are the cotends. The arrangement of the wires forming the back prior to twisting isshown in Figure 8 of the drawings. One end of each of the wires is bentat the top in a fanciful manner as indicated at 12 and 13 and theextremities are tied as by eyes 14 and 15 to the back. This gives theback an ornamental top. The front 16 of the cot is formed from two wiresinitially bent and subsequently twisted in the same manner as the backof the cot. The ends of the two wires are not however extended toprovide the ornamented top as indicated at 12 and 13.

The ends and back of the cot are attached to the frame 1 by wire rings17, these rings passing through openings provided in the horizontalflange of the frame and being large enough to allow of the free inwardfolding of the ends and side when the cot isv to be collapsed or.crated. t

The front of the cot is connected to the vertical flange of the frame byrings'18, the rings being sufficiently large to allow the cot front tobe folded underneath the frame. Snap hooks 19 are supplied to detachablyconnect the upper cornersof the front, ends and back of the cot. Anyconvenient type of snap hook will do for; this cot and on this account Ihave not considered it necessary to detail the same. 7

From the above it will be obvious that thiscomplete cot can bemanufactured at comparatively small cost and without requiring specialtools and the complete cot is strong, yet resilient, and can be" readilyset up orfolded as occasion requires. Further, by letting down the frontone can utilize the cot as a swing seat.

hat I claim as my invention is 1. An end frame for cots formed of twopieces of wire, each shaped to'provide outer and intermediate verticalmembers, an upper horizontal member connecting the upper extremities ofthe intermediate member and oneof said outer members and a lowerhorizontal member connecting'the lower extremities of the intermediatemember and the remaining outer member, the two pieces thus formedbeingassembled by twisting the vertical members thereof together withthe horizontal members of one piece opposing the horizontal members ofthe other piece soas to fornnwith the vertical members, a plurality ofopen squares, an outer vertical member of one piece'being extendedupwardly above the frame thus formed and then downwardly to provide asuspension loop, the free extremities of the extended portion, afterforming" the loop being secured to the top of the frame. a

2. An end frame for cots formed of two pieces togetherto provide a framedefining a plurality of open rectangular squares.

' 3 A side frame for cots formed of two piecesof wire, each shaped topresent a plurality of vertical members and interconnecting horizontalmembers, the. arrange.- ment being such that each vertical member isconnected at its upper end by one of the horizontal members to thecorresponding end of a vertical member on one side and is connected, atits lower end, by one of the lower horizontal members, to thecorresponding end ofa vertical member at the opposite side, the twopieces being assembled in inverted relation by twisting the verticalmembers together to form a frame defining a "plurality of openrectangular squares, the terminal vertical members of the two piecesbeing extended upwardly and horizontally above the frame to provideornamentalrails, the free extremities of such extended portions beingsecured to the top of the frame. J

Signed at \Vinnipeg, this 27 day of October, 1921.

In the presence of AL QXBURGH, Ge -Ker PHILIP BABNEY. r

